View source for SoC 2008/GUI interfaces for the browsers plug-ins

{{SoCProject|year=2008|student=[[User:VladimirB|Vladimir Belousov]]|mentor=[[User:thresh|Pavlov Konstantin]]}}

Thanks to everyone who pays attention to my project. I received several letters concerning the idea and I see that it excites many people.
I am open to your suggestions.

== About the project ==
The goal is to add GUI to the Firefox plug-in “in order to have, in the web pages embedded mode, buttons to control VLC media player as in WMP or Youtube player”. Next step is to develop similar plug-in for Internet Explore. Also “a replacement for all preconfigured media players embedded in web pages” should be provided.
More detailed description (but a little bit outdated) can be found at the application information page http://code.google.com/soc/2008/videolan/appinfo.html?csaid=CD2BD85FF24811F4.


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Requirements:
* toolbar at the bottom of the video drawing area
* toolbar vissible by default
* toolbar should be possible to disable by webdesigner with JS API.
* toolbar should not be autohiding (think users won't understand)
* toolbar should have nicely designed buttons
* toolbar should work under Firefox windows
* toolbar should work under Firefox linux
* toolbar should work under Mozilla windows?
* toolbar should work under Safari MacOS X (pdherbemont)
* toolbar should have same JS API on all browsers (IE/Firefox)
The idea is that we need to use native code to design it: <br>
On linux, there is already a code that uses libX11 to show a toolbar on top of the video. <br>
On windows, GDI is the way to go (as the demo shows it). <br>
On mac, well, :D <br>
There are two things to show: a toolbar and a left-click menu. <br>
Most of the code must be cross platform, except the drawing part, which means that controls should be common, and drawing may not be. <br>
For designers that design explicitely a page for VLC, they must be able to deactivate menu and toolbar. The JS to control that has to be the same on ActiveX and Netscape/Mozilla.

== Who I am ==
My name is Vladimir Belousov. I’m a third-year university student of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (http://phystech.edu).

== Progress ==
Current desight of the toolbar:
[[Image:Toolbar.png]]

It has play/pause button, seek bar, volume control (it pops up a bar
like system volume control does), about button.

''I think that the toolbar should be extremely simple and have only a few controls like other players have, because it mustn't occupy much place on the screen and allow user to understand the functionality fast. But if someone wants extended functionality – this is where context menu comes to play.''

There are three operating modes:
* Always Show - the toolbar is always shown
* Auto Hide - the toolbar gets hidden when user moves mouse pointer out of the window
* Hidden - the toolbar is always hidden

== TODO ==
Here are my plans on near future:
* Port on Windows (approximately a few days)
* Extend GUI with hints/tips and context menu
* Fix bugs
* …

== Bugs :-( ==
If you noticed the bug, please, add that to this list.
I update [http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc-vbelousov.git my git] repo from time to time, so you can test the project state.

* FF вызывает NPP_SetWindow не в соответствии с документацией

== Timeline (planning) ==
{| class="wikitable"
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! style="background: #ddffdd" | [http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_timeline May 26]
| '''Coding begins'''
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! style="background: #ddffdd" | May 26
| Test of English (state exam)
|-
! style="background: #ddffdd" | May 30
| Examination in Equations of Mathematical Physics (written form)
|-
! style="background: #ddffdd" | June 2
| ''Week 2''
|-
! style="background: #ddffdd" | June 5
| Examination in Equations of Mathematical Physics
|-
! style="background: #ddffdd" | June 9
| ''Week 3''
|-
! style="background: #ddffdd" | June 10
| Examination in theoretical physics
|-
! style="background: #ddffdd" | June 14
| Examination in general physics
|-
! style="background: #ddffdd" | June 16
| ''Week 4''
|-
! style="background: #ddffdd" | June 23
| ''Week 5''
|-
! style="background: #ddffdd" | June 21-24
| Sorry, unable to work (making a trip to home town)
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! style="background: #ddffdd" | June 30
| ''Week 6''
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! style="background: #ddffdd" | July 7
| ''Week 7''
|-
! style="background: #ddffdd" | [http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_timeline July 7-14]
| '''Mid-term evaluation'''
|-
! July 14
| ''Week 8''
|-
! July 21
| ''Week 9''
|-
! July 28
| ''Week 10''
|-
! End of July - August
| Some short trips are planned (exact dates are still unknown)
|-
! August 4
| ''Week 11''
|-
! August 11
| ''Week 12''
|-
! [http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_timeline August 11-18]
| '''"Pencil down"'''
|-
! August 18
| ''Week 13''
|-
! August 25
| ''Week 14''
|-
! September 1
| ''Week 15''
|-
! [http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_timeline August 18 - September 1]
| '''Final evaluation'''
|-
! [http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_timeline September 3]
| '''Submitting required code samples to Google'''
|}
Please, give me three days of free time before each exam to get prepared for it.